Yes!  Those personal posts are at least 50% of the reason I read it;
in my opinion that's the key benefit of "planet" sites, bringing
communities together by exposing other ties between their participants.

--j.

Torsten Curdt writes:
> Would be sad if you take away all of the personal posts though :)
> 
> On Sep 22, 2008, at 21:15, Carlos Sanchez wrote:
> 
> > sorry about that, I forgot about planet apache
> > I need to find a way to filter the "personal" category in the rss, so
> > far I could just make an rss for a category, but multiple categories
> > per post are not allowed
> >
> > Anyway, sorry for the noise
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 10:29 AM, Torsten Curdt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  
> > wrote:
> >> Hm ....I was about to write the same as Noirin but I have only been  
> >> reading
> >> planetapache via newsreader which makes skipping such posts much  
> >> easier :)
> >> Going onto the site I tend to agree with you though. There is a  
> >> limit ..and
> >> this is way beyond :)
> >>
> >> Carlos, ever considered using flickr and show only your best shots  
> >> in your
> >> blog? That would give us best of both worlds. Your pictures and a  
> >> reasonable
> >> planetapache site :)
> >>
> >> cheers
> >> --
> >> Torsten
> >>
> >> On Sep 22, 2008, at 18:05, Matthias Wessendorf wrote:
> >>
> >>> eh... I appreciate some pics as well...
> >>> but I am not really interested in watch 100 cars... ;-)
> >>> Perhaps it is just the fact that my current wifi connection sucks...
> >>>
> >>> -M
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 8:57 AM, Nóirín Shirley  
> >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Isn't it great when people post pictures in their blog (from their
> >>>> holidays, or related to the post, or just to show us some of the
> >>>> beauty in the world?)
> >>>> I really like seeing these pictures, and I like that the Apache
> >>>> community is more diverse than just code and licenses.
> >>>> If somebody is really bothered by them, (s)he could easily  
> >>>> collect the
> >>>> feeds of only the project blogs, and ignore the community stuff...
> >>>> Or is it just me, that likes the fact that we're a community of
> >>>> people, and not just automatons?
> >>>>
> >>>> Noirin
> >>>>
> >>>> On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 5:06 PM, Matthias Wessendorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> >>>> >
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> hi,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> isn't it annoying that some post tons of pictures in their blog  
> >>>>> (about
> >>>>> cars, castles and what not ?).
> >>>>> Is there a chance to not include those pictures on
> >>>>> http://planetapache.org/  ?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> If somebody is really interested in the "real" blog, decorated  
> >>>>> with
> >>>>> tons of pictures, (s)he could easily click on the
> >>>>> reference link...
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Or is it just me, that thinks this is sometimes a bit annoying.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thx,
> >>>>> Matthias
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> Matthias Wessendorf
> >>>>>
> >>>>> blog: http://matthiaswessendorf.wordpress.com/
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> >>>>> twitter: http://twitter.com/mwessendorf
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> >>>
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